Show CHINCH BUG INVASION extension of inces infested LW L W territory noted tills this season much has been acen learned of 0 history and 1 habits fabits of destructive pest wilch which to la invaluable aid in destroying them warm dry weather la is favorable to chinch bug increase and tho the weather conditions of th the past tow seems to have been especially eul table 0 to an increase of th abeso eso destruct destructive ivO pests the present year has been an extension ot of tho the infested Into territory and tho the damage camago in tho the aggregate has haa amounted to a a largo large eum bum tho the fight against these insects has haa been a hard one during the past few years much has haa boon learned of tho the history and habits of the chinch bug which Is an invaluable aid in destroying them mr 11 A Gos aos sardi sard writing of the work in ohio of 0 the tha endeavor to save tho the crops from the attacks ot of tho the chinch bug says bays each female Is capable calab to of 0 layng or more eggs tile the period of egg laying for tile the individual lasts from ten days to three weeks and tor for tho the brood from live ilvo to to six weeks tho eggs hatch in from twelve to twenty two days and the young require forty days or moro more to become adults after issuing from the eggs it thus requires two months or afew a few days less to pass paea from the newly laid egito egg to the adult condition condill 0 n the eggs are laid on the roots of the plants on which the bugs are food feeding at ar or just below the surface of the ground or they may be laid on the surf surface a c 0 about the bases of the wants plants or in the leat sheaths of glaspes gr aspea aspes in short in almost any place placa where the surroundings are cool and damp the newt newly hatched larvo larv teed feed oi on the roots of their host plants largely III chinch bugs buga clustered at base of corn stalks just after wheat harvest underground and out ot of sight if very numerous they may congregate about the bases basea of the plants above ground when the wheat plants are killed at harvests the young migrate at once in ill search of other sustenance and lien hen thus collected together in great numbers they may blacken the entire surface of large plants such ap corn nearly grown so insidious Is their dvork work in wheat that their presence Is often unrecognized until after the harvest when the vast hordes of insects marching into cornfields attract the farmers notice for the first time timothy meadows may be well nigh killed without the owner suspecting when they are dying A very careful examination of the roots of t timothy is needed to detect the presence 01 of the insects even where they are very plentiful the second brood of bugs rarely gain attention because they are developing underground on the roots of corn fox foxtail tall millet and other plants either the cleanest kind of culture cul turc should prevail over the farm in early autumn au all grassland grassy grass yand and weedy borders around aroud fields and along fence rows f 1 iti f w i V 7 w A fine hiding place for chinch bugs and all sorts of crop destroyers being kept closely mowed to pre prevent vent the development of suitable ht hibernating quarters or else these should bo be allowed to grow vigorously so as to entice in late fall as many of the jhb insects beneath the shelter as possible in early winter after the insects are nicely settled 0 or r else in early spring before they have wakened into activity burn over all such retreats it if it Is impossible or undesirable to burn other woodland retreats the leaves paves and trash on the ground may be collected and burned if the prospective damage by the insects exceeds the value of the humus that would be destroyed by burning |